Senate Bill S5092

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a pilot program to assist in the restructuring of health care delivery systems by authorizing increased capital investments in health care facilities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5092 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2801-a, Pub Health L

2013-S5092 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the commissioner of health to establish a pilot program to assist in the restructuring of health care delivery systems by authorizing increased capital investments in health care facilities.

2013-S5092 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5092 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5092

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
  commissioner  of  health to establish a pilot program to assist in the
  restructuring of health care delivery systems by authorizing increased
  capital investments in health care facilities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  2801-a  of  the  public health law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
  17. (A) THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO
ASSIST IN RESTRUCTURING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY  SYSTEMS  BY  ALLOWING  FOR
INCREASED  CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. PURSUANT TO THE
PILOT PROGRAM, THE PUBLIC  HEALTH  AND  HEALTH  PLANNING  COUNCIL  SHALL
APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVI-
SION  THREE  OF THIS SECTION, OF NO MORE THAN FIVE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS
FORMED UNDER THE BUSINESS CORPORATION LAW.   SUCH BUSINESS  CORPORATIONS
SHALL  AFFILIATE,  THE EXTENT OF THE AFFILIATION TO BE DETERMINED BY THE
COMMISSIONER, WITH AT LEAST ONE ACADEMIC MEDICAL INSTITUTION OR TEACHING
HOSPITAL APPROVED BY THE COMMISSIONER.  A BUSINESS CORPORATION SHALL NOT
BE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM IF ANY OF ITS STOCK, OR  THAT
OF  ANY  OF  ITS  DIRECT  OR  INDIRECT OWNERS, IS OR WILL BE TRADED ON A
PUBLIC STOCK EXCHANGE OR ON AN OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET.
  (B) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  BUSINESS
CORPORATIONS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEEMED
ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN DEBT  FINANCING  PROVIDED  BY  THE  DORMITORY
AUTHORITY  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS AND
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS.
  (C) THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT APPLY TO  BUSI-
NESS  CORPORATIONS  ESTABLISHED  PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION: (I) PARA-
GRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, RELATING  TO  STOCKHOLD-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10580-01-3
              

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